Confusion in interogative sentence in reported speech.
How they change into assertive sentence do they change in assertive like this
Pronoun then verb then object then verb...explain
Dear student
Consider the following example:
He said, "are you feeling ill?"
1. Interrogative sentences beginning with an auxiliary verb such as 'are' can be changed into indirect speech by using the connective if or whether.
2. The verb said, will change into enquired, asked, queried etc.
3. While changing into indirect speech, the part of the sentence being reported on, will have the pronoun and its associated verb conjugation changed from 1st/2nd person to 3rd person.
Hence,
He said, "are you feeling ill?"
Will become
He asked if he was feeling ill.
Regards
Consider the following example:
He said, "are you feeling ill?"
1. Interrogative sentences beginning with an auxiliary verb such as 'are' can be changed into indirect speech by using the connective if or whether.
2. The verb said, will change into enquired, asked, queried etc.
3. While changing into indirect speech, the part of the sentence being reported on, will have the pronoun and its associated verb conjugation changed from 1st/2nd person to 3rd person.
Hence,
He said, "are you feeling ill?"
Will become
He asked if he was feeling ill.
Regards